Building the Temple

Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year(A) after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.[a](B)

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  1. 6:1 April–May

Solomon Builds the Temple(A)

In the four hundred and eightieth[a] year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month,(B) he began to build the temple of the Lord.(C)

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  1. 1 Kings 6:1 Hebrew; Septuagint four hundred and fortieth

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

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14 When Solomon finished building the temple,[a](A)

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  1. 6:11–14 LXX omits these vv.

14 So Solomon(A) built the temple and completed(B) it.

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14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

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